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European Council President Donald Tusk told US President Donald Trump on Tuesday to stop berating NATO allies over military investment levels ahead of a NATO summit expected to have tension.

According to Reuters, after a signing statement on more cooperation between the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Tusk, a former Polish prime minister, said “dear America, appreciate your allies, after all you don’t have that man.”

“Dear President Trump: America does not have, and will not have a better ally than Europe,” said Tusk. “Today, Europeans (collectively) spend on defense many times more than Russia, and as much as China.”

He said that money helped boost U.S. security, as the United States regards Russia and China as threats.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg stressed that all allies were increasing defense spending in real terms because economies in Europe were growing. He also said Washington strengthens its security and global reach through NATO.

NATO released new estimates for allied defense spending in 2018 on Tuesday, showing that Latvia and Lithuania are set to meet the target of spending 2 percent of economic output on the military. Of the 29 allies, only the United States, Britain, Estonia, Greece and Poland met the goal in 2017. Romania is also on course to hit it in 2018, NATO said.

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